All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
2 warning events since 2017; the latest 2022-10-04.
From the record
Berkshire Hathaway's filings since 2017 show 2 warning events: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 2 times, the latest 2022-10-04) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
+6.3% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 9 of 10.
From the record
Berkshire Hathaway's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $215 billion in fiscal 2016 to $371 billion in fiscal 2025, up 6.3% a year; it rose in 8 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 4% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 9 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
SI estimate 3.2/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).
SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed
From the record
SI estimate, not a filed reading: Berkshire Hathaway's shareholder treatment is put at 3.2 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, the cash returned against operating cash flow, which ranks in the bottom 32% of 60 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
ROE 9%: 9¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 41%: owes 41¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Berkshire Hathaway earned about 9 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 41 cents per dollar of assets (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
top 34% of 60 in its family; net margin 18%.
From the record
Berkshire Hathaway's standing among 60 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $371 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 2% by size; a net margin of 18% ranks in the top 28%; revenue growth of 7.1% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 28% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
bottom 30% of 47 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2026.
From the record
Berkshire Hathaway's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Abel, Gregory (President and Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2026-03-05, 8 months (bottom 9% of its family); the 6 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 8.8 years (top 36%); 4 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 6 people in charge now (bottom 16%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
bottom 49% of 60 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
Berkshire Hathaway's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $53 billion against no long-term debt tagged leaves 4.3% of its assets as net cash, top 30% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 6.7% of revenue (bottom 28%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
bottom 44% of 56 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
Berkshire Hathaway's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 7.1% a year over the last three filed years against 6.3% over all 10, speeding up (bottom 34% of its family); the newest year grew 0% (bottom 21%); capital spending grew 10.6% a year (top 22%) (its annual reports). Berkshire Hathaway reported 7 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Insurance Corporate and Other at $108 billion (29%), Manufacturing Businesses at $78 billion (21%), Mc Lane Company at $50 billion (14%), and 4 more; 3 of 7 grew against the year before (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
bottom 35% of 56 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
Berkshire Hathaway's newest year against its own record: revenue of $371 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 9.8% below the $412 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 29% of its family); net income of $67 billion against a prior three-year average of $54 billion (bottom 25%); a net margin of 18% against 14.3% before (top 50%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made